HPVs

I have been heavily involved with Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) design, construction and racing in different forms since year 10 in high school.

I was a member of the Kingswood College Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) racing team for three years from 2017 to 2019. We competed in three races each year, culminating in the Energy Breakthrough held in Maryborough. This contains a 24-hour endurance race where a team of eight riders complete as many laps as possible on a track with often over 100 vehicles on it.

Soon after starting university, I joined Monash Human Power (MHP) as a member of the hardware electrical subteam. I am currently the hardware electrical subteam lead.

Being a member of both teams has taught me a great deal of practical and technical knowledge, as well as offered experiences in working as a team towards a common goal and leadership. I have formed many strong friendships throughout the process. Whilst not my main focus, I have also greatly enjoyed riding and racing some of the vehicles that we have designed and constructed.

Projects and posts

• Final year project - cycling power meter and crankset

  

  In 2024, I completed the final year project (FYP) for my degree, working with Oscar Varney to develop a power meter and crank-set for Human Powered Vehicles (HPVs).

• FIT3179 Data visualisations

  

  I had to make a couple of data visualisations over the course of the FIT3179 data visualisation unit I completed in Semester 2 2023.

• World Human Powered Speed Challenge

  

  In September 2023, Monash Human Power (MHP) competed for the first time in the World Human Powered Speed Challenge (WHPSC). I was fortunate to be among the 16 team members who travelled to Battle Mountain in Nevada, USA to compete with our bike Bilby, also known as V3. We had a fantastic time, did a lot of talking to people from across the world also involved with weird bicycles and broke a record in the process.

• Musical bicycle siren

  

  A “musical” siren for bicycles. This design was published in the Circuit Notebook section of the February 2022 issue of the Silicon Chip magazine.

• Human Powered Vehicle racing (high school)

  

  I was a member of the Kingswood College Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) racing team for three years from 2017 to 2019. We competed in three races each year, culminating in the Energy Breakthrough held in Maryborough. This contains a 24-hour endurance race where a team of eight riders complete as many laps as possible on a track with often over 100 vehicles on it.

• HPV Simulator

  

  The Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) simulator is mainly a joke from year 10 that I spent way too much time on. This was developed using Unity and contains models that I and some friends made.